Return to Dunkirk, 1965
A fleet of ‘Little Ships’ responded to the BBC announcement made on 14 May, 1940: “The Admiralty have made an Order requesting all owners of… Read More »Return to Dunkirk, 1965
Posts which include films from the Pathe Archive
A fleet of ‘Little Ships’ responded to the BBC announcement made on 14 May, 1940: “The Admiralty have made an Order requesting all owners of… Read More »Return to Dunkirk, 1965
View archive footage of an English sea-going barge in this Pathé newsreel which opens with the commentator saying ‘the tall mast of a ship is… Read More »Red Sails aka Sailing Barge, 1947
In 1914 the Whitby lifeboatmen, along with four other boats from the treacherous north east coast of England, saved 85 lives, including wounded soldiers and… Read More »85 lives saved from ‘Rohilla’: November 1914
This post has a link to an ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive providing a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began… Read More »Trawling in the 1940s
The small Essex village of Tollesbury has a fascinating maritime heritage and still has a vibrant sailing fraternity today. The village sign and Parish Church… Read More »Tollesbury, Essex and the America’s Cup, 1937
This Pathé Archive brings us a glimpse back to 1933 with footage of three young women sailing on the Norfolk Broads. The full title reads… Read More »Sailing on the Broads, 1933
This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing Barge ‘Pretoria’ which became a restaurant on the Thames in the ‘swinging sixties’. It starts… Read More »Thames Sailing Barge ‘Pretoria’, 1964
‘White sails enhance the beauties of Windermere’ is in the title sequence for this archive film of the annual regatta on Lake Windermere, 1934, published… Read More »‘White sails on Windermere’, 1934
For a flavour of this famous race round the Isle of Wight in the 1960s, watch two archive videos from Pathe Newsreels.The annual Round the… Read More »Round the Island Race in the 1960s